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Common Names
Valerian; Common Valerian; Garden-Heliotrope
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GAMMA-TERPINENE | 11 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GAMMA-TERPINENE | 11 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GAMMA-VALENE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GAMMA-VALENE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GERANIOL | 35 | Root | 1.0 | 120.0 | -1.00 | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| GLUCOSE | 7 | Root | not available | 15000.0 | -0.19 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLUTAMIC-ACID | 8 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLUTAMINE | 5 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLUTAMINE | 5 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GUAIAZULENE | 6 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GUAIOL | 3 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GUM | 0 | Root | 14160.0 | 120000.0 | 0.56 | Duke, 1992 * |
| HOMOACEVALTRATE | 0 | Root | not available | 300.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HOMOBALDRINAL | 1 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HOMODEOXYDODIDROVALTRATE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| HOMODIDROVALTRATE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| HOMODIVALTRATE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989. |
| HOMOVALTRATE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HYDROXYVALERINIC-ACID | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989. |
| IRON | 6 | Root | 6.0 | 48.0 | -0.37 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antiarteriosclerotic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiarthritic | 12 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiasphyctic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiasthmatic | 8 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiatherogenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiatherosclerotic | 12 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antibacillary | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antibackache | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antibacterial | 29 | Revista Itiliana Eppos, 12: 5, 1994. |
| Antiberiberi | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiBPH | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antibronchitic | 3 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Anticancer | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Breast) | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Cervix) | 2 | Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987. |
| Anticancer (Colon) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Forestomach) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Gastric) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Liver) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Lung) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |